Theyeatbread. Subject + Verb1 + Object
Heeatsbread. Subject + Verb1s + Object
Sheeatsbread. Subject + Verb1s + Object
Iteatsbread. Subject + Verb1s + Object
3. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Teaching Simple
Present Tense Inductively
Thornbury stated that there are some of advantages and disadvantages in teaching grammar inductively:
a. Advantages:
1 Using inductive instruction makes rules become more meaningful,
memorable, and serviceable. 2
Using inductive instruction can ensure students’ cognitive depth, i.e. in memorizing.
3 Students become more active in teaching and learning process.
4 Inductive instruction is suggested for students who like challenging
activity as pattern recognition and problem solving. 5
Inductive instruction makes extra language practices if can be done collaboratively and in target language.
6 Inductive instruction prepares students’ autonomy.
b. Disadvantages:
1 Using inductive instruction can spend more time in teaching and
learning process. 2
The time spent can make less practice for the students to make other examples of the pattern.
3 Students can be wrong if identifying the rule without guidance by
their teachers.
4 Inductive instruction can place heavy demands in planning lesson
for teachers. 5
Inductive instruction can frustrate students who prefer like to be told the rule.
14
C. Deductive Instruction
1. The Concept of Deductive Instruction
Deductive instruction is adopted since GTM Grammar Translation Method used. In GTM, grammar is taught deductively.
15
It means that teacher gives the rules of the grammar, and explains with the examples of
the sentence that they are learning. And they will practice by using the rules that teacher had given. As Thornbury said deductive instruction is
giving the examples in which the application of the rules that teacher explains at the first presentation of the lesson.
16
Deductive instruction is also called as rule-driven learning or explicit instruction.
2. Procedure of Deductive Instruction in Teaching Simple
Present Tense
Allen and Valette stated that there are three steps of teaching grammar deductively:
a.
Statement of the rule or pattern At the first presentation, teachers state the rule or the pattern that
they want to teach to their students. It can be written or oral.
b.
Imitation of the sentence that teachers give in example After teachers state the rule and give the examples in a sentence,
students make the other sentence by themselves which is based on the rule that teachers stated.
14
Thornbury, op. cit,, p. 54.
15
Jack C. Richards and Theodore S. Rodgers, Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching Second Edition, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986, p. 4.
16
Thornbury, op. cit., p. 29.
